Project Manager - FTC for 18-months - Milton Keynes

ZipRecruiter; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Project Manager for an 18-month fixed-term contract in Milton Keynes. You will lead technology initiatives aimed at making roads safer, utilizing your Agile and project management skills to drive successful outcomes. The role offers hybrid working and an engaging workplace culture focused on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Contributory pension

Life Assurance

Employee Incentive Scheme

25 days holiday

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Volunteer day

Charity matched funding

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in systems development lifecycles required.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects to meet identified business needs within the MIB delivery framework.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile Methodology

Risk Management

Project Management

Education

Prince 2 certification

Agile Scrum Master qualification

Job description

Job Description

Project Manager - FTC for 18-months - Milton Keynes

Vacancy Name: Project Manager - FTC for 18-months

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Milton Keynes

Job Role:

At MIB, our people are passionate about making roads safer by getting uninsured and hit-and-run drivers off our roads. Working in partnership with the Police, Insurers, and Government, our collective aim is to make it a thing of the past. Until then, we're here to compensate victims quickly, fairly, and compassionately. Last year, we helped more than 42,000 people struck by uninsured and hit-and-run drivers and paid over £400 million in compensation to support victims rebuild their lives.

The Project Manager acts as a technology thought leader while maintaining a focus on current value delivery. They formulate approaches to achieve value aligned with business goals, translating technical implications into business outcomes in collaboration with the Product Owner and Transformation Leader.

They look ahead, identifying future technical complexities, dependencies, and risks, leading the team to simplify, streamline, and mitigate situations to meet timelines and business functionality.

Key Outputs

• Manage projects to meet identified business needs, utilizing necessary decisions, resources, and skills within MIB's delivery framework, adhering to delegated cost, risk, timescales, and quality.
• Brief the Lead Agile PM and Portfolio Accountable Executive on project status and changes in a timely manner.
• Define, plan, document, report, and ensure the satisfactory completion of projects.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks.
• Prepare realistic project and quality plans, track activities, and report regularly to stakeholders.
• Ensure scheduled Quality Reviews and project closure reviews, recording lessons learned.
• Provide leadership to the project team, taking action where performance deviates from tolerances.
• Monitor anticipated benefits, establishing measures to predict and measure benefits, activating mechanisms at appropriate times.
• Create readiness plans, assist in transition support and change planning, ensuring changes align with business cycles.
• Lead development of implementation plans.
• Ensure data quality and that functional and non-functional requirements are met.
• Produce comprehensive Service Introduction documents.
• Comply with all governance requirements within the MIB Delivery Framework.

Qualifications and Skills

• Prince 2, Agile Scrum Master, Unified Process, or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in Systems Development lifecycles.
• Experience with Scrum, Kanban, Time Boxing, Adaptive planning, Burn Down Lists.
• Foster an inclusive team culture and empower tech teams.
• Engage Agile teams to challenge the status quo and simplify solutions.
• Drive technical agility, understanding dependencies and risks.
• Use Cases, Storyboarding, Sprint Design, Sprint Management, Retrospectives.
• Proven experience in an agile and waterfall delivery environment.
• Experience as a PM in complex insurance or similar organizations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to manage relationships with outside suppliers and represent MIB professionally.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of budget management.
• Leadership and motivational skills.

Salary & Benefits

• £64,000 per annum
• FTC for 18 months
• Grade 12, 35 hours/week (Monday - Friday)
• IT kit supplied
• £320 start-up allowance (pre-tax)
• Hybrid working (2 days in-office in Milton Keynes, MK14)
• Additional benefits include: Contributory pension, Life Assurance, Employee Incentive Scheme, 25 days holiday, Holiday purchase scheme, Sports and Social Club, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, free mental and physical health tools, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave, volunteer day, charity matched funding.

We believe in a workplace where everyone can be themselves. Through our diverse ideas, personalities, and experiences, we redefine what is possible every day. If you think big, love challenges, and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. For more information, see our role pack HERE.

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Applications Close Date: 02 Jun 2025